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1974 Kansas

4–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Don Fambrough.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1974, game by game: won at Washington State 14–7; lost at No. 17 Tennessee 3–17; won vs. Florida State 40–9; won vs. No. 5 Texas A&M 28–10; won at Kansas State 20–13; lost vs. No. 12 Nebraska 0–56; lost vs. Iowa State 6–22; lost at Oklahoma State 13–24; lost at Colorado 16–17; lost vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 14–45; lost at Missouri 3–27+31−56Won 14–7 at Washington State+7Washington StateLost 3–17 at No. 17 Tennessee-14No. 17 TennesseeWon 40–9 vs. Florida State+31Florida StateWon 28–10 vs. No. 5 Texas A&M+18No. 5 Texas A&MWon 20–13 at Kansas State+7Kansas StateLost 0–56 vs. No. 12 Nebraska-56No. 12 NebraskaLost 6–22 vs. Iowa State-16Iowa StateLost 13–24 at Oklahoma State-11Oklahoma StateLost 16–17 at Colorado-1ColoradoLost 14–45 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma-31No. 1 OklahomaLost 3–27 at Missouri-24Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atWashington StateW 14–⁠746%
Sep 21at17TennesseeL 3–⁠1738%
Sep 28vsFlorida StateW 40–⁠982%
Oct 5vs5Texas A&MW 28–⁠1056%
Oct 12atKansas StateW 20–⁠1350%
Oct 19vs12NebraskaL 0–⁠5649%
Oct 26vsIowa StateL 6–⁠2263%
Nov 2atOklahoma StateL 13–⁠2437%
Nov 9atColoradoL 16–⁠1743%
Nov 16vs1OklahomaL 14–⁠4517%
Nov 23atMissouriL 3–⁠2729%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 27–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The tied 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 19
  2. Wk 7: 13

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1974.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
157–⁠247
Coach
Don Fambrough
Elo
1477 −67 this season
SP+ rating
5.0 No. 56 of 124; offense No. 68, defense No. 44
SRS
5.2 No. 48 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Jim Dickey
Captains
Robert Miller and Steve Towle

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 2Emmett Edwards WRHouston Oilers
Rd 4Bruce Adams WRMinnesota Vikings
Rd 5Robert Miller RBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 6Steve Towle LBMiami Dolphins
Rd 6Mike Lemon LBNew Orleans Saints

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠01
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠39
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠4
Oklahoma State4–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠64–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.